Vertical antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide coupler for three-dimensional optical interconnects: Optimum design for large tolerance, high coupling efficiency, and short coupling length

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 426-430

  Sekimoto, Takashi ^a   Ikuta, Shigenori ^a   Pan, Wugen ^b   Chu, Sai Tak ^b   Kokubun, Yasuo ^a,b  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 0000996830     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.000426     Document Type: Article

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